For the last ten years I have been on the streets of Las Vegas working behind the scenes of our local music biz. Chances are, if you have gotten a flyer for a concert, it has come from me or someone on my team. While we are out and about, we get to hear about a lot of cool stuff. This month, my team and I have been asking you about the best shows of the year. It has been great hearing all of your feedback especially considering that I have been working or something on the day of every single show I wanted to see this year. Thank you for filling me in! Here is what you had to say!

Ashleigh Gutierrez - Student CCSN
“I loved the Warped Tour! Story of the Year was awesome! I was right up close in the front row! I think I fell down like three times. The best part was meeting Dan the lead singer at Taco Bell after the show.”

Ken Hammond -McGuire Research
“The best show I saw this year was Extreme Thing! My Chemical Romance and Atreyu were the highlights for me. It was my first time seeing both of them. I got to meet the bass player of My Chemical Romance after the show. He is a really nice guy. We had a long talk about ‘Mathrock’ “

Chris Sebastian - Stanley Consultants Inc.
”Without a doubt Hellfest!! This year the Trustkill Records festival was placed in Elizabeth, New Jersey, which is 5 minutes from my hometown if i might add. It was three days of Hardcore/Metalcore bliss with over 40 bands per day. Like the previous years before, HellFest featured no barricade in front of the stage. Fans have always been encouraged by the bands to share the stage with them which makes for mayhem during sing alongs. It wasn't out of the ordinary to see 15+ people on stage piled on top the singer. All the while people were stage diving, head walking and literally hundreds of kids were slam dancing. There were thousands of people; all different cultures and ages together, swinging fists and throwing kicks! It was intense! I must say that As I Lay Dying owned HellFest!! If you were there you know what I mean! But for all those not able to make it, High Rollar Studios puts out a DVD of the event every year. I can honestly say that I can not wait until next year when time for Hellfest rolls around again.”

Felipe “Barbie” Castaneda - Student Academy of Hair Design
“The best show I saw this summer was a two day festival called Face Down Fest in Pamona, California. It featured bands that are on Face Down Records. I got to see Come Back Kid for the first time. My friend Morgan started a fight for no reason and it was the best fight I have ever seen! We got lost on the way there and the entire weekend was a blast!”

Jeremy Law - Shoestring Street Team
I loved seeing Senses Fail at the Warped Tour! They played all of their new songs!

Albert House - Hot Topic
I would probably say the HIM show with and Eighteen Visions at the House of Blues. It was cool to see HIM because they are from another country and they never come here. And Eighteen Visions because I have not seen them since Rebelpalooza 2003. I also have to say the Shadows Fall show at the House of Blues on August 9th was awesome! All the bands were great! As I Lay Dying also played, and they stole the show.

Emelio Juarez - Student CCSN
The best show I saw this year was P.O.D. and Blindside (at The Joint). I have been wanting to see Blindside for a long time. Those Swedish guys rock! Even though P.O.D. is Christian music, it still rocks! I also really enjoyed the Warped Tour. There were so many bands! I got a chance to hear a lot of new music from bands I have never heard of. I really enjoyed the Vandals. I had never seen them before. I saw a little bit of Taking Back Sunday. I missed them at OBC last year so it was cool to see them finally!